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A Stanford Student Reporter Is Behind An Explosive Investigation

BuzzFeed News·Ellie Hall·about 1 month ago
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The youngest-ever recipient of one of the most prestigious awards in journalism still isn’t sure whether he wants to be a reporter when he graduates from college in three years. He hasn’t even decided on his major yet. “I take a lot of different courses in computer science, but also English, history, and philosophy,” said Theo Baker, an 18-year-old first-year Stanford University student from Washington, DC. “So I’m a little torn. I’m very bad at making up my mind.” If Baker, currently the investigations editor for the independent student-run Stanford Daily newspaper, does go into journalism, he’d be following in his parents’ distinguished footsteps: His father is New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, and his mother is New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser. (And yes, he’s heard the “nepo baby” talk.) On Feb. 20, Theo became the first-ever college journalist to win a George Polk Award.…

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